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WGUS44 KCRP 221317
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
817 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS 
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH TEXAS... 
  
  RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO 
  
.RECENT AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED  
RIVER BASINS WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

TXC479-230117-
817 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO
* FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...7.9 FEET...OR 2.4 METERS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET...OR 2.4 METERS.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET...OR 2.6 METERS BY THIS EVENING. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* AT 8 FEET OR 2.4 METERS...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  FLOW 
REACHES THE LOWER SECTIONS OF THE CUSTOMS PARKING LOT IN LAREDO.

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  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:


                      FLD LATEST               FORECAST 6 AM LST
LOCATION              STG  STG  DAY  TIME   WED  THU  FRI  SAT  SUN

RIO GRANDE
  LAREDO                8   7.9 TUE  7 AM   8.5  8.3  8.2  8.0  7.8

 
ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR 
THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RIVER STAGE FORECASTS 
ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES 
FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV SLASH CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS 
IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT.

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